Chris Dawson allegedly murdered wife after several attempts to end his marriage, court hears

Prosecution tells court husband tried four different ways to leave wife after becoming besotted with former high school student

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A cunning husband infatuated with his teenage lover and babysitter laid out a number of dominoes leading to the murder of Lynette Dawson in 1982, a judge has been told.

In the NSW supreme court on Tuesday, crown prosecutor, Craig Everson SC, argued that Christopher Michael Dawson, now 73, had killed his wife on 8 or 9 January 1982 after numerous attempts to start a relationship with his former high school student, known as JC, had failed.

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